Rodgers and Hammerstein's OKLAHOMA! Feb 7, 2011

On Monday this week, my family and I went to see a high school play called Rodgers and Hammerstein's OKLAHOMA! It was a very cute play. The actors and actresses all did a really gr8 job. The story, music, singing, dancing, and their costumes were all pretty gr8!!!:) Also one of our friends the Forsyth's daughter McKenzie Forsyth was in the play. She was one of the chorus members and she did a really gr8 job!!!:) It was fun seeing her in the play:)

Christmas 2010

Here are some very fun pictures from before Christmas, Christmas Day, and after Christmas. Enjoy!!!:)
What we did before Christmas was: A Journey Through Bethlehem Christmas festival. The festival was located in a very cool town called Huntsville TX. Not too far from where we live. The festival was really a pretty neat festival. There were people dressed up as characters telling the story about our Savior's birth. They did a pretty neat job. After the story, we went in a little farm building where we came across real Camels!!!:) The Camels were sooo cute, and fun to see. At the festival they had other fun things too like: Wedding dance, tasting really good bread, seeing more animals, pottery making, basket making, a symbol stamp, there was a man telling the Hanukkah story which was pretty interesting, they had other things as well but we didn't know they did. It was really fun to go there, and being there really made me feel like being back in time during our Savior's birth. The festival was a fun experience.:) Then after the festival we went to Ihop for dinner, the food there was sooo yummm!!!:)
On a Thursday night was my little brother's Jakes 4th grade Christmas program. His grade put on an awesome show!!!:) They sang cute Christmas songs, and did a Winter Wonderland with black light, and they wore white gloves, and did cute hand movements for the song. I've never seen anything like that:) The next week on Friday was the Orney awards with my Singles ward Institute, and it was sooo much fun!!!:) What the Orney awards is u decorate a ornament, and make a ugly sweater. The day before the awards my friend Kat, and I made ornaments. After we were done me, and Kat took our ornaments to the Institute building to take a picture of us holding our ornament so the judges can tell who's is who. The ornament I made was a Elvis Presley ornament:), and my friend Kat made a really cool stick bug out of a ornament. (Dead of course:)) She saved the bug for a long time. Anyway she colored it with nail polish in her A&M school colors. Kat really did an awesome job!!!:) I thought it was really creative:). Then on Friday the night of the awards, Kat came over early and we decorated our sweaters. The Orney awards was sooo much fun!!!:). We all had a very good time:). The food was gr8, the musical numbers were wonderful, and it was fun to see everyone:) We also liked everyone else's ornaments, and sweaters too:). Me, and Kat did not win;( but we were both nominated:) for both ornament, and sweater:)
On Saturday that very same weekend, I went with my 2 friends Suzanne, and Tracy to Central Park in College Station to see the lights. We had sooo much fun there!!!:) What we did was: At the park they had free hot chocolate, and cookies, some entertainment, a light village, a dizzy tree, hay ride, and of course Santa. What I mean by dizzy tree is u go under a very tall lighted tree, u spin yourself, and then look up at the lights. It really does make u dizzy!!!:O After the lights we headed back to Suzanne's place to meet up with our other friend. We watched this really cute Christmas movie called A Boyfriend for Christmas. It really is a cute movie, I recommend it:), and It was also filmed in Utah!!!:) We also had very yummm snacks, Suzanne made a really yummm Wassail drink, and Tracy made a very yummm cake.
Then a few days before Christmas Eve my friend Kat, and I we had a little Christmas party:). Where we each shared some very good yummm snacks, and we spent the whole day watching Christmas movies. We watched 5 Christmas movies!!!:) We both had sooo much fun pigging out, and watching fun holiday movies:). Then after Trevor came here to Texas a week before Christmas!!!:) We had sooo much with him:). What we did while Trevor was here was: Went Caroling at the Bryan TX hospital with some of our other friends on Christmas Eve. We all had a blast:), went out to eat a few times, before Christmas Eve Trevor went with me, and Kat to our Singles ward, and it was really fun:), after Christmas we did family pictures in a cool old historic town in Bryan TX, saw the new Narnia movie, went mini glow-in-the-dark golfing at the Grand Station, and played at this really pretty park called Oak Tree in College Station on New Years Day:) So, yeah, it was a really fun Christmas season:)very special:). I hope everyone had a gr8 Christmas,is doing well, and having a gr8 new year!!!:)
♥Emily

A really fun weekend&Thanksgiving Day 2010

Hello everyone,
Here are some pictures of our fun weekend before Thanksgiving, and Thanksgiving Day:) On a Friday, we went to San Antonio to go pick up our brother Josh's friend Emmalee Ann Coleman who was flying in from Utah to the airport in San Antonio. She stayed a whole week, and it was really fun having her stay with us:) On Saturday we took Emmalee to see the Alamo, and after we went to this really cute Mexican village called La Villita. Then that same day, we went to Corpus Christi. We didn't get to do a whole lot there cuz it was getting dark;(. But we went to the beach, and we were kind of able to see the USS Lexington ship. The ship is a WW2 battleship. Then we went to this really cool beach shop, and before goin home we ate at this really yummm buffet restaurant called Souper Salad. The food there was excellent:) sooo yummm:)
Thanksgiving Day: In the morning my Dad made these really yummm muffins for breakfast, and Haley made her yummm cinnamon balls. After breakfast we all went to see the new Harry Potter film, and it was pretty awesome we really enjoyed it:). Then we came home, and Haley made this yummm Wassil drink, then we did our family tradition of making turkey apples!!!:) Our Mom has started the tradition ever since we were little kids:). What u do with the apples is: U get a bunch of apples, tooth picks, and lots of candy, and u decorate ur turkey apple however u want:) Then after we went to Golden Corral for our Thanksgiving dinner:), and also the food there was sooo yummm!!!: It really was a fun Thanksgiving Day:), and this year I really have been blessed with sooo many blessings♥ I really am thankful for that. I do hope u all had a fun Thanksgiving Day, and are having a fun, safe, Christmas season!!!:)
♥Emily

HaLlOwEeN 2010

Hello everyone,
Here are some very fun Halloween pictures we took over Halloween weekend and day, and I hope u guys enjoy them!!!:) Over Halloween weekend here in College Station, there were sooo many fun Halloween activities, and one of them was the Boofest we went to on Friday, and it was a blast!!!:) At the Boofest, they had a lot of fun things like: Trick-or-treating, face painting, games, prizes, and costume contest. There were also a lot of cute kids dressed in their costumes:) It was really fun watching them:) Jakob our little brother he was the Mad Hatter for Halloween, and Haley my sister was the one who did his costume looking sooo dang awesome!!!:) A lot of people at the Boofest loved Jakes costume, he was a big hit. Some people wanted to take pictures with him, others asked him if he could do the Futterwaken dance. Haley did a really neat job with his costume. I really did thought Jake looked exactly like Johnny Depp!!!:) We think Haley should go into costume designing because she did a gr8 job with Jakes costume!!!:) After the Boofest we went and ate at Fazoli's. At the restaurant, there were some guys dressed up, and they also loved Jakes costume and wanted a picture with him:) Then there were also some girls there too who also wanted to get a picture with Jake. On Saturday: We carved pumpkins, got some things to decorate our car trunk, so we could get ready for the Trunk-or-treat with our parents ward, and the other ward. Which was also a really fun night!!!:) It was really fun to see everyone, and to see all of their cute kids dressed in their costumes:) In our parents ward there was a very cute family, the Crawfords, they all dressed up like The Incredibles:) They looked really cute!!!:) Then that night before going to bed, we played some games, watched Dracula, (the old film), and GHOST. Halloween day: Every Halloween, we have made it a tradition to always watch Sleepy Hallow. It is one of our very favorite Tim Burton film. A couple of years ago when Sleepy Hallow came out, Halloween day was actually the first time we all watched it. So, ever since then we decided to make it a tradition to watch Sleepy Hallow every year for Halloween:) We also had some fun food, snacks, and Witche's Brew to enjoy, while watching the movie. Halloween this year was sooo much fun!!!:) I really do hope all of u are doing well, and hope u all also had a very fun, safe, Halloween!!!:)
♥Emily

♥Grams Dowdle♥

In Loving Memory,
Our Dear sweet Grams Dowdle has left us this year September 25, 2010 through open heart surgery and has returned to our Heavenly Father. I'am still sooo shocked she is gone. I always knew our Grams wouldn't be around forever, but I never knew it would be this soon. Grams I really want u to know that we all Love u and miss u sooo very very very much, we will NEVER EVER forget u, U have always been a gr8 example to everyone and we all have learned sooo much from u, and u have done sooo much for all of us. U have also always been sooo supportive for me and for everyone else. U were supportive when I went through my surgeries and visited me in the hospital all 3 of my tough, hard surgeries. I have always looked up to u, and was proud to have u as my Grams. U were always sooo special to me and everyone else. We know u are gone and we will miss u sooo very very very much. I'am also sooo thankful for all the fun special memories we have had together and I will NEVER EVER forget them!!!!!!♥ I do know this, and I have always believed in this. I know with all my heart we all will see u again. I'am sooo thankful for the Gospel and for the knowledge we all have to be able to do that. I do look forward till when we do see u again, it will be gr8!!!!!! I know we will see u♥
♥ U forever
Emily Anne Dowdle

Here are 5 things I remember most about our Grams Dowdle
1. She always looked sooo gorgeous, smelled pretty, Lovely voice, Loved the way our Gramps looked at Grams
2. She was always sooo kind, Loving, caring, generous, considerate to others, respectful, never was shy, always has Loved the Gospel and kept the Commandments
3. I always Loved her calling me honey
4. She was a really gr8 cook. My favorite dish was her Irish meal. She got the recipe from when our Grams and Gramps were in Ireland on their mission
5. You could always count on Grams for anything if u needed her or help. She would never let u down

Here is one of my fun favorite memories with Grams
A long time ago after I graduated and had my spine surgery done and fully recovered. Me, Bayley H Christiansen, and my Grams and Gramps we went on a very fun cruise!!!:) Our ship was docked at Long Beach California, and the places we went to were Catalina Island and Ensenada Mexico. We all had a blast!!!:) What I Loved most about our trip was: Going to the locations, dinner at our restaurant, the glass bottom boat in Catalina, shopping at Ensenada Mexico, and the shows that the cruise people put on. I'am sooo thankful me and Bayley were able to go with my Grams and Gramps it was an awesome trip!!!:) Thank u Grams, Gramps, and Bayley for an awesome time!!!:)
♥Always,
Emily Anne Dowdle

A little short post
THE BEST BIRTHDAY PRESENT EVER!!!:)
Our new puppy!!!♥
While we were up in Utah our Parents, and Haley surprised me, Jake, Trevor, and Josh with getting a very cute, sweet, new puppy for our Birthday's!!!:) Our dog is a Yorkie Maltese mix and we named her Little JoAnne after our Grams Dowdle. Little Jo is such a cute, sweet, friendly, funny, little dog and everyone just Loves her to death!!!:) She really is a joy to have around:) We Love her sooo much!!!:) She is also a very funny dog. Here's what I mean by funny: She will always and I mean always likes to lay her cute little head on our feet whenever we are standing or sitting, climbing on shoulders, sleeps under our table in the living room, and Loves to lay on the kitchen floor, Whenever Jake is playing his nintendo games while he is sitting on the floor, she will try to play with him like trying to get his attention. Thank u Mom, Dad, and Haley for the BEST BIRTHDAY PRESENT EVER!!!:) That is about everything I can think of to write for right now:) I do hope everyone is doing well and having a fun safe Fall time this year!!!:)
♥Emily

Blue Bell Factory and a fun post 2010

On a Thursday my family and I we went to go spend the day at the Blue Bell factory in Brenham TX. The factory was sooo much fun!!!:) The first thing we did when we got to the factory was: Watch a 5min film about Blue Bells history, then our tour guides took us upstairs to see how the Ice cream was being made and how they prepare to deliver it, then we all got to eat some Ice Cream!!! My fav part:) I tried this really yummm flavor called the Birthday cake and I loved the flavor, then we went and looked at their cute little shop that they had, and then took some pictures. Going to the factory was a gr8 way to end our Summer fun:)
Other fun news is that our Dad has passed 2 of his HARD major tests!!!:) So now he is a full time all year around paid Spanish teacher!!!:) We are sooo proud and excited for him!!!:) The week before school started our Dad needed help getting his own classroom ready and decorated. So here are some fun pictures of his classroom getting prepared. Haley my sister designed a really pretty sun for his classroom. Our Dad has this really cute little Lamb toy he put on his desk. Its the cutest thing I have ever seen!!!:) What the Lamb does is it will make a sound when you squeeze it and its eyes will pop out. Anyways this Summer here in Texas has been sooo much fun!!!:) All I did the whole time was: Seen a lot of movies with my family and friends, went to Galveston, and to the Blue Bell factory. I'am also sooo excited for the Fall time too. Because: Birthdays are coming up:), I get to start working soon at Farrow Medical which I'am sooo excited for!!!:) There are a lot of fun festivals coming up. I do hope we will go to some of them, and we are going home to Utah for Christmas this year which I also am excited for!!!:) That is all the fun news that is going on so far:) It has been a fun gr8 life so far:) I do hope you all are doing well and I wish you all a gr8 fun safe rest of the year!!!:)
♥Emily